U.S. to rely more on scientists for air rules: EPA

sorry, he did nothing POSITIVE for the environment. was that unclear?

sigh, ok i'll explain. bush slashed environmental policies. the EPA under bush became a corrupt shell. the article is noting that political hackery took over. which is what obama is changing and if you actually care to LOOK AT HIS RECORD you'll see he signed policies that were actually detrimental to the environment. if you look at my links you'll note that many states went against the EPA for trying to limit their attempts to control pollution. in affect, we are lucky that the general population has been led to support pollution control by people like Al Gore because it's the states that led the environmental charge over the past 8 years going against the federal gov and bush.

JUST LOOK AT HIS RECORD and many you'll understand. maybe not. i think i've made my point about as well as i can.

He changed environmental policy, and the research indicates the air quality has increased. But he was detrimental to the environment. What am I missing?

fuck it, I'll just post this from wiki: The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a New York City-based, non-profit, non-partisan international environmental advocacy group, with offices in Washington, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Beijing. Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 1.2 million members and online activists nationwide, and a staff of more than 300 scientists, attorneys, and other specialists.

Worth magazine has named NRDC one of America's 100 best charities, [1] and Charity Navigator has given NRDC four out of four stars.[2]

and for the record, if the data is accurate that is friggin awesome. my point is that trying to claim it's bush's doing is flat out a lie. I mean like, not even slightly factual, zip zero zilch, you're pants are indeed on fire. in fact, if anyone is responsible it would be the same independent, non-partisan, non-profits whose tireless efforts both in DC and in the field have made the difference. the same non-profits you spit on. good for you.

er, i guess i should mention the reason i'm so passionate about this is that I actually worked for a non-profit in college (appvoices) and anyone who's actually worked in the environmental field knows bush was pretty darn ridiculous when it came to the environment.

only a real idiot would argue that he worked to improve the environment.

specifically addressing the EPA information at their website, the graphs indicate a steady reductions in almost or all pollutants from the 1980's straight through to the end Bush.

well said sir

oooooyaaaaa. go get em my friend, (as i bow to your response).
isn't it funny how our articles are full of bias, and cannot be correct, but their articles are the word of god....wait they dont believe we are part of something bigger than ourself...let me rephrase....the word of the almighty one Burack Obummer

you're right it does sound like a title from the onion. god it's a little sad.

"it's fixed now"

"monumental problems"

Seriously...with the stroke of a pen on a piece of paper, the problem is "fixed?" If that's not drive-by research, I don't know what is. And what were the monumental problems? The fact that Bush didn't fall for the BS and fear that Al Gore and Co. have been manufacturing for years?

you're such a twit mega. stop trying to rewrite history and just admit bush was a horrible environmentalist and humanitarian. BS of al gore? you mean caring for the environment? yea, that's total BS.

here's his record on the environment by the way

http://www.nrdc.org/BushRecord/

as for "stroke of a pen". yes, seeing as he is the highest office in the land that "stroke" has an enormous affect. i'm sorry you don't understand this. go back to highschool?

I learned in school that you start a sentence with a capital letter, that high school is two words and you don't end a statement with a question mark. "go back to highschool?" Keep up the good work.

So Al Gore is now a reliable, scientific source for enviromental research? If he cares so much about the environment, why did it take him so long to make his energy whore of a house more energy efficient? Bush had a much more energy efficient home long before Gore did...yet Gore was the one trying to seel Americans on all this "energy consumption killing the planet" BS. He's like the Tim Geithner of the environmental world..."Do as I say, not as I do." He doesn't care about the environment like he claims. He's a politician. He couldn't win his argument in the scientific world, so he took it political. If Obama really cared about the environment too, would he have flown from Washington DC to Iowa on Earth Day just to give a speech on nothing else but energy consumption? Liberal hypocrisy at it's finest.

But I did notice that the air was a little fresher outside today. I guess that stroke of a pen really did fix it all. Hooray, the problem is solved!!!

I agree Jan...stop burning coal.

Nuclear is where it's at.

No, solar is where it's at. Nuclear is literally a DEAD END.